From/in 1613/cd on/rp ,/, if/cs the/at lists/nns exist/vb ,/, they/ppss contain/vb between/in twenty/cd to/in thirty/cd names/nns ./.
As/cs the/at total/nn number/nn of/in incepting/vbg bachelors/nns in/in 1629/cd was/bedz ,/, according/in to/in Masson/np (/( Life/nn-tl ,/, 1:218/cd )/) and/cc n/nn ,/, two/cd hundred/cd fifty-nine/cd ,/, the/at twenty-four/cd names/nns listed/vbn in/in the/at ordo/fw-nn senioritatis/fw-nn$ for/in that/dt year/nn constitute/vb slightly/rb less/ap than/in one/cd tenth/od of/in the/at total/nn number/nn of/in bachelors/nns who/wps then/rb incepted/vbd ./.
There/ex were/bed four/cd from/in St./nn-tl John's/np$-tl and/cc four/cd from/in Christ's/np$-tl ,/, three/cd from/in Pembroke/np ,/, and/cc two/cd from/in each/dt of/in the/at colleges/nns ,/, Jesus/np ,/, Peterhouse/np ,/, Queens'/nns$-tl ,/, and/cc Trinity/np ,/, with/in Caius/np ,/, Clare/np ,/, King's/nn$-tl ,/, Magdalene/np ,/, and/cc Sidney/np supplying/vbg one/cd each/dt in/in the/at ordo/fw-nn senioritatis/fw-nn$ ./.
The/at list/nn was/bedz headed/vbn by/in (/( Henry/np )/) Hutton/np of/in St./nn-tl John's/np$-tl who/wps was/bedz matriculated/vbn from/in St./nn-tl John's/np$-tl at/in Easter/np ,/, 1625/cd ./.
He/pps became/vbd a/at fellow/nn of/in Jesus/np in/in 1629/cd ,/, proceeded/vbd M.A./np from/in Jesus/np in/in 1632/cd ,/, and/cc was/bedz proctor/nn in/in 1639-40/cd ./.
The/at second/od name/nn was/bedz (/( Edward/np )/) Kempe/np ,/, matriculated/vbn from/in Queens'/nns$-tl College/nn-tl at/in Easter/np ,/, 1625/cd ./.
He/pps proceeded/vbd M.A./np in/in 1632/cd ,/, and/cc B.D./np in/in 1639/cd ,/, being/beg made/vbn fellow/nn in/in 1632/cd ./.
He/pps was/bedz ordained/vbn deacon/nn 16/cd June/np and/cc priest/nn 22/cd December/np 1633/cd ./.
The/at third/od name/nn was/bedz (/( John/np )/) Ravencroft/np ,/, who/wps was/bedz admitted/vbn to/in the/at Inner/jj-tl Temple/nn-tl in/in November/np 1631/cd ./.
The/at fourth/od name/nn was/bedz (/( John/np )/) Milton/np of/in Christ's/np$-tl College/nn-tl ,/, followed/vbn by/in (/( Richard/np )/) Manningham/np of/in Peterhouse/np ,/, who/wps matriculated/vbd 16/cd October/np 1624/cd ./.
Venn/np gave/vbd his/pp$ B.A./np as/cs 1624/cd ,/, a/at mistake/nn for/in 1629/cd ./.
Manningham/np also/rb proceeded/vbd M.A./np in/in 1632/cd and/cc became/vbd a/at fellow/nn of/in his/pp$ college/nn in/in that/dt year/nn ./.
(/( John/np )/) Boutflower/np of/in Christ's/np$-tl was/bedz twelfth/od in/in the/at list/nn ,/, coming/vbg from/in Perse/np-tl School/nn-tl under/in Mr./np Lovering/np as/cs pensioner/nn 20/cd April/np 1625/cd under/in Mr./np Alsop/np ./.
The/at fourteenth/od name/nn was/bedz (/( Richard/np )/) Buckenham/np ,/, written/vbn Buckman/np-nc ,/, admitted/vbn to/in Christ's/np$-tl College/nn-tl under/in Scott/np 2/cd July/np 1625/cd ./.
The/at fifteenth/od name/nn was/bedz (/( Thomas/np )/) Baldwin/np ,/, admitted/vbn to/in Christ's/np$-tl 4/cd March/np 1625/cd under/in Alsop/np ./.
Christ's/np$-tl College/nn-tl was/bedz well/rb represented/vbn that/dt year/nn in/in the/at ordo/fw-nn ,/, and/cc the/at name/nn highest/rbt on/in the/at list/nn from/in that/dt college/nn was/bedz Milton's/np$ ,/, fourth/od in/in the/at entire/jj university/nn ./.
Small/jj wonder/nn that/cs Milton/np later/rbr boasted/vbd of/in how/wql well/rb his/pp$ work/nn had/hvd been/ben received/vbn there/rb ,/, since/cs he/pps attained/vbd a/at rank/nn in/in the/at order/nn of/in commencing/vbg bachelors/nns higher/jjr than/cs that/dt of/in any/dti other/ap inceptor/nn from/in Christ's/np$-tl of/in that/dt year/nn ./.


	It/pps is/bez not/* possible/jj to/to reconstruct/vb fully/rb the/at arrangements/nns whereby/wrb these/dts honors/nns lists/nns were/bed then/rb made/vbn up/rp or/cc even/rb how/wrb the/at names/nns that/wpo they/ppss contained/vbd assumed/vbd the/at order/nn in/in which/wdt we/ppss find/vb them/ppo ./.
The/at process/nn usually/rb began/vbd with/in a/at tutor/nn boasting/vbg about/in a/at boy/nn ,/, as/cs Chappell/np had/hvd boasted/vbn about/in Lightfoot/np ,/, to/in the/at higher/jjr officers/nns of/in the/at college/nn and/cc university/nn ./.
Then/rb the/at various/jj officers/nns of/in the/at college/nn might/md take/vb up/rp the/at case/nn ./.
It/pps would/md ,/, however/rb ,/, reach/vb the/at proctors/nns and/cc other/ap officers/nns in/in charge/nn of/in the/at public-school/nn performances/nns of/in the/at incepting/vbg bachelors/nns ,/, and/cc the/at place/nn that/wpo any/dti individual/nn obtained/vbd in/in the/at lists/nns depended/vbd greatly/rb on/in how/wrb he/pps comported/vbd himself/ppl in/in the/at public/jj schools/nns during/in his/pp$ acts/nns therein/rb as/cs he/pps was/bedz incepting/vbg ./.
Of/in course/nn the/at higher/jjr officials/nns could/md add/vb or/cc place/vb a/at name/nn on/in the/at list/nn wherever/wrb they/ppss wished/vbd ./.
Milton's/np$ name/nn being/beg fourth/od is/bez neither/cc too/ql high/rb nor/cc too/ql low/rb to/to be/be assigned/vbn to/in the/at arbitrary/jj action/nn of/in vice-chancellor/nn ,/, proctor/nn ,/, master/nn ,/, or/cc other/ap mighty/jj hand/nn ./.
He/pps evidently/rb earned/vbd the/at place/nn assigned/vbn him/ppo ./.



Recapitulation/nn of/in Milton's/np$ undergraduate/jj career/nn 
Looking/vbg back/rb from/in the/at spring/nn of/in 1629/cd over/in the/at four/cd years/nns of/in Milton's/np$ undergraduate/jj days/nns ,/, certain/jj phases/nns of/in his/pp$ college/nn career/nn stand/vb out/rp as/cs of/in permanent/jj consequence/nn to/in him/ppo and/cc hence/rb to/in us/ppo ./.
Of/in course/nn the/at principal/jjs factor/nn in/in the/at whole/jj experience/nn was/bedz the/at kind/nn of/in education/nn he/pps received/vbd ./.
It/pps differed/vbd from/in what/wdt an/at undergraduate/nn receives/vbz today/nr from/in any/dti American/jj college/nn or/cc university/nn mainly/rb in/in the/at certainty/nn of/in what/wdt he/pps was/bedz forced/vbn to/to learn/vb compared/vbn with/in the/at loose/jj and/cc widely/rb scattered/vbn information/nn obtained/vbn today/nr by/in most/ap of/in our/pp$ undergraduates/nns ./.
Milton/np was/bedz required/vbn to/to absorb/vb and/cc display/vb an/at intensive/jj and/cc accurate/jj knowledge/nn of/in Latin/jj grammar/nn ,/, logic-rhetoric/nn ,/, ethics/nn ,/, physics/nn or/cc natural/jj philosophy/nn ,/, metaphysics/nn ,/, and/cc Latin/np ,/, Greek/np ,/, and/cc Hebrew/np ./.
He/pps had/hvd also/rb sampled/vbn various/jj special/jj fields/nns of/in learning/vbg ,/, being/beg unable/jj to/to miss/vb some/dti study/nn of/in divinity/nn ,/, Justinian/np (/( law/nn )/) ,/, and/cc Galen/np (/( medicine/nn )/) ./.
Above/in all/abn ,/, he/pps had/hvd learned/vbn to/to write/vb formal/jj Latin/jj prose/nn and/cc verse/nn to/in a/at remarkable/jj degree/nn of/in artistry/nn ./.
He/pps had/hvd learned/vbn to/to dispute/vb devastatingly/rb ,/, both/abx formally/rb and/cc informally/rb in/in Latin/np ,/, and/cc according/in to/in the/at rules/nns on/in any/dti topic/nn ,/, pro/jj or/cc con/jj ,/, drawn/vbn from/in almost/rb any/dti subject/nn ,/, more/ql especially/rb from/in Aristotle's/np$ works/nns ./.
He/pps could/md produce/vb carefully/rb constructed/vbn orations/nns ,/, set/vbn and/cc formal/jj speeches/nns ,/, artfully/rb and/cc prayerfully/rb made/vbn by/in writing/vbg and/cc rewriting/vbg with/in all/abn the/at aid/nn his/pp$ tutor/nn and/cc others/nns could/md provide/vb ,/, and/cc then/rb delivered/vbn verbatim/rb from/in memory/nn ./.
He/pps had/hvd also/rb learned/vbn to/to dispute/vb extempore/rb remarkably/ql well/rb ,/, the/at main/jjs evidence/nn for/in which/wdt of/in course/nn is/bez the/at presence/nn of/in his/pp$ name/nn in/in the/at honors/nns list/nn of/in 1628/29/cd ./.
He/pps also/rb displayed/vbd the/at ability/nn to/to write/vb Latin/jj verse/nn on/in almost/rb any/dti topic/nn of/in dispute/nn ,/, the/at verses/nns ,/, of/in course/nn ,/, to/to be/be delivered/vbn from/in memory/nn ./.
Then/rb we/ppss have/hv surviving/vbg at/in least/ap one/cd instance/nn of/in a/at poem/nn prepared/vbn for/in another/dt ,/, in/in Naturam/fw-nn-tl non/fw-*-tl Pati/fw-vb-tl Senium/fw-nn-tl ,/, and/cc perhaps/rb also/rb the/at De/fw-in-tl Idea/fw-nn-tl Platonica/fw-jj-tl ./.
But/cc his/pp$ greatest/jjt achievement/nn ,/, in/in his/pp$ own/jj eyes/nns and/cc in/in the/at eyes/nns of/in his/pp$ colleagues/nns and/cc teachers/nns ,/, was/bedz his/pp$ amazing/jj ability/nn to/to produce/vb literary/jj Latin/jj pieces/nns ,/, and/cc he/pps was/bedz often/rb called/vbn on/in to/to do/do so/rb ./.
These/dts were/bed his/pp$ public/jj academic/jj activities/nns ,/, domi/fw-rb forisque/fw-rb+cc ,/, in/in the/at college/nn and/cc in/in the/at university/nn ./.
And/cc his/pp$ performances/nns attracted/vbd much/ap attention/nn ,/, as/cs the/at frequency/nn of/in his/pp$ surviving/vbg pieces/nns in/in any/dti calendar/nn that/wps may/md be/be set/vbn up/rp for/in his/pp$ undergraduate/jj activities/nns testifies/vbz ./.


	His/pp$ other/ap activities/nns are/ber not/* so/ql easily/rb recovered/vbn ./.
His/pp$ statements/nns about/in sports/nns and/cc exercises/nns of/in a/at physical/jj nature/nn are/ber suggestive/jj ,/, but/cc inconclusive/jj ./.
His/pp$ later/jjr boastings/nns of/in his/pp$ skill/nn with/in the/at small/jj sword/nn are/ber indicative/jj of/in much/ap time/nn and/cc practice/nn devoted/vbn to/in the/at use/nn of/in that/dt weapon/nn ./.
Venn/np and/cc others/nns have/hv dealt/vbn with/in sports/nns and/cc pastimes/nns at/in Cambridge/np in/in Milton's/np$ day/nn with/in not/* very/ql specific/jj results/nns ./.
Milton/np himself/ppl ,/, uncommunicative/jj as/cs he/pps is/bez about/in his/pp$ lesser/jjr and/cc nonliterary/jj activities/nns ,/, at/in least/ap gives/vbz us/ppo some/dti evidence/nn that/cs he/pps was/bedz a/at great/jj walker/nn ,/, under/in any/dti and/cc all/abn conditions/nns ./.
His/pp$ early/jj poems/nns and/cc some/dti of/in his/pp$ prose/nn prolusions/nns speak/vb of/in wanderings/nns in/in the/at city/nn and/cc the/at neighboring/vbg country/nn that/wps may/md be/be extended/vbn to/in Cambridge/np and/cc its/pp$ surrounding/vbg countryside/nn ./.
The/at town/nn itself/ppl and/cc the/at ``/`` reedy/jj Cam/np ''/'' he/pps often/rb visited/vbd ,/, as/cs did/dod all/abn in/in the/at university/nn ./.
The/at churches/nns ,/, the/at taverns/nns ,/, and/cc the/at various/jj other/ap places/nns of/in the/at town/nn must/md have/hv known/vbn his/pp$ figure/nn well/rb as/cs he/pps roved/vbd to/in and/cc about/in them/ppo ./.
The/at tiny/jj hamlet/nn of/in Chesterton/np to/in the/at north/nr ,/, with/in the/at fens/nns and/cc marshes/nns lying/vbg on/rp down/in the/at Ouse/np-tl River/nn-tl ,/, may/md have/hv attracted/vbn him/ppo often/rb ,/, as/cs it/pps did/dod many/ap other/ap youths/nns of/in the/at time/nn ./.
The/at Gog/np-tl Magog/np-tl Hills/nns-tl to/in the/at southeast/nr afforded/vbd him/ppo and/cc all/abn other/ap students/nns a/at vantage/nn point/nn from/in which/wdt to/to view/vb the/at town/nn and/cc university/nn of/in their/pp$ dwelling/nn ./.
The/at country/nn about/in Cambridge/np is/bez flat/jj and/cc not/* particularly/ql spectacular/jj in/in its/pp$ scenery/nn ,/, though/cs it/pps offers/vbz easy/jj going/vbg to/in the/at foot/nn traveler/nn ./.
Ball/nn games/nns ,/, especially/rb football/nn ,/, required/vbd some/dti attention/nn ,/, and/cc other/ap organized/vbn sports/nns may/md have/hv attracted/vbn him/ppo as/cs participant/nn or/cc spectator/nn ./.
He/pps smoked/vbd ,/, as/cs did/dod everybody/pn ,/, and/cc imbibed/vbd the/at various/jj alcoholic/jj beverages/nns of/in that/dt day/nn ,/, although/cs his/pp$ protestations/nns while/cs at/in Cambridge/np and/cc after/rb that/cs he/pps was/bedz no/at drunkard/nn point/vb to/in reasonable/jj abstinence/nn from/in the/at wild/jj drinking/vbg bouts/nns of/in some/dti of/in the/at undergraduates/nns and/cc ,/, we/ppss must/md add/vb ,/, of/in some/dti of/in their/pp$ elders/nns including/in many/ap of/in the/at regents/nns or/cc teachers/nns ./.


	What/wdt manner/nn of/in person/nn does/doz Milton/np appear/vb to/to have/hv been/ben when/wrb as/cs an/at undergraduate/nn he/pps resided/vbd at/in Christ's/np$-tl College/nn-tl ?/. ?/.
He/pps was/bedz then/rb a/at slightly/rb built/vbn young/jj man/nn of/in pleasing/jj appearance/nn ,/, medium/jj stature/nn ,/, and/cc handsome/jj face/nn ./.
Graceful/jj as/cs his/pp$ fencing/vbg and/cc dancing/vbg lessons/nns had/hvd taught/vbn him/ppo to/to be/be in/in addition/nn to/in the/at natural/jj grace/nn of/in his/pp$ slight/jj ,/, wiry/jj frame/nn ,/, he/pps cut/vbd enough/ap of/in a/at figure/nn to/to have/hv evoked/vbn a/at nickname/nn in/in the/at college/nn ,/, to/in which/wdt he/pps himself/ppl referred/vbd in/in Prolusion/nn-tl 6/cd-tl :/. :/.
A/fw-in quibusdam/fw-wpo ,/, ,/, audivi/fw-vbd nuper/fw-rb Domina/fw-nn-tl ./.
That/dt is/bez ,/, if/cs we/ppss can/md trust/vb that/dt most/ql specious/jj of/in prolusions/nns ,/, packed/vbn as/cs it/pps is/bez with/in wit/nn and/cc persiflage/nn ./.
The/at Domina/fw-nn-tl-nc sounds/vbz real/jj enough/qlp ,/, if/cs we/ppss could/md only/rb trust/vb the/at conditions/nns under/in which/wdt we/ppss learn/vb of/in its/pp$ use/nn ;/. ;/.
but/cc anyone/pn who/wps would/md put/vb much/ap trust/nn in/in any/dti phase/nn of/in Prolusion/nn-tl 6/cd-tl ,/, except/in its/pp$ illusive/jj allusiveness/nn deserves/vbz whatever/wdt fate/nn may/md be/be meted/vbn out/rp to/in him/ppo by/in virtue/nn of/in the/at egregiously/ql stilted/jj banter/nn ./.
In/in short/jj ,/, the/at traditional/jj epithet/nn for/in Milton/np of/in '/' Lady/nn-tl of/in-tl Christ's/np$-tl '/' ,/, while/cs eminently/ql fitting/jj ,/, rests/vbz only/rb on/in this/dt baffling/jj passage/nn in/in the/at midst/nn of/in the/at most/ql treacherous/jj piece/nn of/in writing/vbg Milton/np left/vbd us/ppo ./.
Aubrey's/np$ mention/nn of/in it/ppo (/( 2:67/cd ,/, and/cc Bodleian/np-tl MS/np-tl Aubr./np-tl 8/cd-tl ,/, F./np 63/cd )/) comes/vbz from/in this/dt prolusion/nn ,/, through/in Christopher/np Milton/np or/cc Edward/np Phillips/np ./.
It/pps is/bez not/* a/at question/nn of/in truth/nn or/cc falsity/nn ;/. ;/.
the/at prolusion/nn in/in which/wdt the/at autobiographic/jj statement/nn about/in the/at epithet/nn occurs/vbz is/bez such/abl a/at mass/nn of/in intentionally/rb buried/vbn allusions/nns that/cs almost/rb nothing/pn in/in it/pps can/md be/be accepted/vbn as/cs true/jj --/-- or/cc discarded/vbn as/cs false/jj ./.
The/at entire/jj exercise/nn ,/, Latin/np and/cc English/np ,/, is/bez most/ql suggestive/jj of/in the/at kind/nn of/in person/nn Milton/np had/hvd become/vbn at/in Christ's/np$-tl during/in his/pp$ undergraduate/jj career/nn ;/. ;/.
the/at mere/jj fact/nn that/cs he/pps was/bedz selected/vbn ,/, though/cs as/cs a/at substitute/nn ,/, to/to act/vb as/cs interlocutor/nn or/cc moderator/nn for/in it/ppo ,/, or/cc perhaps/rb we/ppss should/md say/vb with/in Buck/np as/cs '/' father/nn of/in the/at act/nn '/' ,/, is/bez in/in itself/ppl a/at difficult/jj phase/nn of/in his/pp$ development/nn to/to grasp/vb ./.
Milton/np was/bedz to/to act/vb as/cs the/at archfool/nn ,/, the/at supreme/jj wit/nn ,/, the/at lightly/rb bantering/vbg pater/fw-nn ,/, Pater/fw-nn-tl Liber/fw-jj-tl ,/, who/wps could/md at/in once/rb trip/vb lightly/rb over/in that/dt which/wdt deserved/vbd such/jj treatment/nn ,/, or/cc could/md at/in will/nn annihilate/vb the/at common/jj enemies/nns of/in the/at college/nn gathering/nn ,/, and/cc with/in words/nns alone/rb ./.
From/in an/at exercise/nn involving/vbg merely/rb raucous/jj ,/, rough-and-tumble/jj comedy/nn ,/, in/in his/pp$ hands/nns the/at performance/nn turned/vbd into/in a/at revel/nn of/in wit/nn and/cc word/nn play/nn ,/, indecent/jj at/in times/nns ,/, but/cc always/rb learned/jj ,/, pointed/jj ,/, and/cc carefully/rb aimed/vbn at/in some/dti individuals/nns present/rb ,/, and/cc at/in the/at whole/jj assembly/nn ./.
To/to do/do this/dt successfully/rb required/vbd great/jj skill/nn and/cc a/at special/jj talent/nn for/in both/abx solemn/jj and/cc ribald/jj raillery/nn ,/, a/at talent/nn not/* bestowed/vbn on/in many/ap persons/nns ,/, but/cc one/cd with/in which/wdt Milton/np was/bedz marked/vbn as/cs being/beg endowed/vbn and/cc in/in which/wdt ,/, at/in least/ap in/in this/dt performance/nn ,/, he/pps obviously/rb reveled/vbd ./.
It/pps may/md be/be thought/vbn unfortunate/jj that/cs he/pps was/bedz called/vbn on/in entirely/rb by/in accident/nn to/to perform/vb ,/, if/cs again/rb we/ppss may/md trust/vb the/at opening/nn of/in the/at oratio/fw-nn ,/, for/cs it/pps marks/vbz the/at beginning/nn for/in us/ppo of/in his/pp$ use/nn of/in his/pp$ peculiar/jj form/nn of/in witty/jj word/nn play/nn that/wps even/rb in/in this/dt Latin/jj banter/nn has/hvz in/in it/ppo the/at unmistakable/jj element/nn of/in viciousness/nn and/cc an/at almost/ql sadistic/jj delight/nn in/in verbally/rb tormenting/vbg an/at adversary/nn ./.
But/cc the/at real/jj beginnings/nns of/in this/dt development/nn in/in him/ppo go/vb back/rb to/in the/at opposing/vbg of/in grammar/nn school/nn ,/, and/cc probably/rb if/cs it/pps had/hvd not/* been/ben this/dt occasion/nn and/cc these/dts Latin/jj lines/nns it/pps would/md have/hv been/ben some/dti others/nns ,/, such/jj as/cs the/at first/od prolusion/nn ,/, that/wps set/vbd off/rp this/dt streak/nn in/in him/ppo of/in unbridled/vbn and/cc scathing/vbg verbal/jj attack/nn on/in an/at enemy/nn ./.
All/abn western/jj Europe/np would/md hear/vb and/cc listen/vb to/in him/ppo in/in this/dt same/ap vein/nn about/in the/at middle/nn of/in the/at century/nn ./.


	But/cc these/dts prolusions/nns that/wpo we/ppss have/hv surviving/vbg from/in the/at Christ's/np$-tl College/nn-tl days/nns are/ber only/rb one/cd phase/nn of/in his/pp$ existence/nn then/rb ./.
Perhaps/rb his/pp$ most/ql important/jj private/jj activity/nn was/bedz the/at combination/nn of/in reading/vbg ,/, discussion/nn with/in a/at few/ap --/-- if/cs we/ppss can/md trust/vb his/pp$ writings/nns to/in Diodati/np and/cc the/at younger/jjr Gill/np ,/, very/ql few/ap --/-- congenial/jj companions/nns ./.
Lines/nns 23-36/cd of/in Lycidas/np later/rbr point/vb to/in a/at friendship/nn with/in Edward/np King/np ,/, who/wps entered/vbd Christ's/np$-tl College/nn-tl 9/cd June/np 1626/cd ./.
No/at other/ap names/nns among/in the/at young/jj men/nns in/in residence/nn at/in the/at time/nn seem/vb to/to have/hv been/ben even/rb suggested/vbn by/in Milton/np as/cs those/dts of/in persons/nns with/in whom/wpo he/pps in/in any/dti way/nn consorted/vbd ./.
But/cc that/dt scarcely/rb means/vbz that/cs he/pps was/bedz the/at aloof/jj ,/, forbidding/vbg type/nn of/in student/nn who/wps shared/vbd few/ap if/cs any/dti activities/nns with/in his/pp$ fellows/nns ,/, the/at banter/nn of/in the/at surviving/vbg prolusions/nns providing/vbg enough/ap evidence/nn to/to deny/vb this/dt ./.
Apparently/rb he/pps was/bedz not/* a/at participant/nn in/in the/at college/nn or/cc university/nn theatricals/nns ,/, which/wdt he/pps once/rb attacked/vbd as/cs utterly/ql unworthy/jj performances/nns (/( see/vb Apology/nn-tl ,/, 3:300/cd )/) ;/. ;/.
but/cc even/rb in/in that/dt famous/jj passage/nn ,/, Milton/np was/bedz aiming/vbg not/* at/in the/at theatricals/nns as/cs such/jj but/cc at/in their/pp$ performance/nn by/in '/' persons/nns either/cc enter'd/vbn ,/, or/cc presently/rb to/to enter/vb into/in the/at ministry/nn ./.
The/at fact/nn that/cs he/pps nowhere/rb mentioned/vbd theatrical/jj performances/nns as/cs part/nn of/in the/at activities/nns of/in the/at boys/nns later/rbr in/in his/pp$ hypothetical/jj academy/nn (/( 1644/cd )/) should/md not/* be/be taken/vbn too/ql seriously/rb as/cs evidence/nn that/cs he/pps desired/vbd them/ppo to/to eschew/vb such/jj performances/nns ./.
Perhaps/rb ,/, in/in that/dt short/jj piece/nn or/cc letter/nn written/vbn to/in Hartlib/np in/in which/wdt he/pps sketched/vbd his/pp$ scheme/nn for/in educating/vbg young/jj men/nns ,/, he/pps merely/rb overlooked/vbd that/dt phase/nn of/in their/pp$ exercises/nns ./.